Blog Watch

Blog Watch

Linda V. Shanko, AKA GenderTrender’s GallusMag

October 28, 2014 ·

  GallusMag of GenderTrender has, on Sunday, October 19, 2014, been identified as Linda V. Shanko. Linda Shanko Shanko is perhaps best known for mixing false, malicious statements (often sexual in nature) in with her doxxing of trans women on her blog, GenderTrender, and The TransAdvocate won't participate in helping GallusMag hide her identity. Shanko’s actions towards many -- both trans and cis -- may meet the legal criteria for harassment. In fact, Shanko’s actions… Read more.

Dear Jennifer Usher, Please Do Keep Your Focus On Me

August 17, 2013 ·

Jennifer Usher posted up on her blog a post entitled Slacktivists? ROTFLLMAO!!!!! as a response to my recent Transadvocate post Transsexual Separatist Slacktivism Doesn’t Win Legislatively. I haven't made it a habit of responding to her, but I am doing so this time -- and personally to her at that. Jennifer, I know I'm violating the "don't feed the trolls" axiom about responding to folk who, with intent, try to provoke angry or personal responses, but in this case… Read more.

To Calpernia Addams and Andrea James: Trans Cyberbullying is Never OK

August 30, 2011 ·

I've been keeping tabs on the continuing drama between Gina Grahame vs. Calpernia Addams and Andrea James and it's getting pretty ugly. The argument seems to have blown up after an email that Grahame sent TYFA Concerning James' work on "Likin Big Dicks". James is a board member of TYFA and Grahame was concerned that the video wasn't appropriate for a board member to be affiliated with. What happened  after the email was a lot of "she said, she said"… Read more.

Blog Of Shame: Sockpuppets and The Politics of Personal Destruction

January 8, 2011 ·

Autumn Sandeen's latest "expose" over at Pam's House Blend is about activist and blogger Ashley Love. She states her reason for this post is that: "However, I can't help but feel that Ashley Love's pattern of writing derogatory and defamatory commentary needs to be exposed to the light of day. It seems to me that her views are outlier viewpoints, and she's too much of a public figure -- both in and out of trans community -- to ignore what… Read more.